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/ɡɹætjʊˈleɪʃən/ · noun
(now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune..
Shattuck, all unaccustomed to the practical phenomena of digging, apprehended only cause of gratulation that the investigation was to be the less hindered.
all Heav’n, And happie Constellations on that houre / Shed thir selectest influence; the Earth Gave sign of gratulation
—The chorus fell In gratulation on a patriarch's ear, Who in the bosom of his sylvan home With dignity reposed.
Use gratulation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gratulation means (now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Shattuck, all unaccustomed to the practical phenomena of digging, apprehended only cause of gratulation that the investigation was to be the less hindered.
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